Oil Terminal Supply Chain requirements Schema

An Oil Terminal Storage usually have a predefined Supply Chain pattern

in its Receiving and discharging operation

Main Terminal Storage X receives its Oil supply from Supply Point Terminal A through tankers. In turn, Terminal Storage X supplies its Customer Storage Site A through pipelines. As Oil moves from one Container to another Container within the Supply Chain, All parties involved in the business

All parties involved in the business (the owner of Terminal Storage X, Customers, the suppliers/oil refineries) usually have two concerns :

To ensure the minimum Stock volume in each container is maintained, and

The losses emerged in each location is minimal, even without their presences.

LICS is the solutionLICS is an automated system to control both the Stock Volume and the Losses during supply chain operation of an oil terminal storage. Its main purpose is basically two-fold :

Maintaining the stocked volume of the Oil Terminal Storage

Controlling the Loss of its oil during Supply Chain operation, both its receiving, storing and discharging process

LICS strategy never ending 24-hour operation, can make the stake holders can rest assured

that the stocks will be maintained and the loss will be reduced even without

RECORD

Record in great detail the oil flows, as it moves from one container to other container from the Supply Points, Carriers, the Main Storage and the Customers Storage during the supply chain operation. To achieve fool-proof data, LICS take advantage of all field instruments available at sites.

SUMMARIZE and ANALIZE

Summarize and analize the loss emerged during operation in a certain period along with People and Carriers involved during the loss.

REACT

React when it detects a lack of stock in certain Storage and/or when it detects the emergence of Loss during the supply chain process. It reacts by either prohibiting the flow to happen (in full automation mode) or automatically send email/alert to certain predefined Staff (manual mode).

The Benefit of LICS

Bad Practice

The Solution “LICS “Benefit

Loss is usually hidden by staff by manipulating the data obtained from volume measurement, for example temperature and density data.

To minimize this, LICS obtain data directly from field devices such as ATG, and flowmeters when operating in full automation mode. When automation mode is not available, that is in Manual mode, LICS will enforce the staffs to input the raw measurement data (the unprocessed data) such as liquid level, Temperature, and density. To enforce this, LICS should be used with supported gps-equipped handheld device. So that will have a way to ensure that the measurement is conducted near the tank/compartment/container he measure. As such, staff will have minimum chances in manipulating the measurement data.

LOSS can happen when a staff deviates from the
prescribed supply chain patterns

LICS prohibit supply chain patterns which are not authorized by the top management

LICS detect and record all type of Loss including Transport Loss, Supply Loss, and working loss.

Loss data is hidden from the top management. So that when the top management realize this, the loss already accumulated and difficult to track.

LICS prohibit supply chain patterns which are not authorized by the top management

Whenever LICS detect a loss over tolerance, LICS will actively report to the top management in real-time along with People and Carrier involved. Therefore, Top Management can react in time to prevent for additional loss to happen.

The data of the people and carrier involved with the
biggest loss are usually hidden from top management. Hence, people or carrier evaluation can hardly be performed

LICS analized and reported Loss involved with certain person and carrier in a periodic manner. Stock and Loss overview is also available in dashboard to build common awareness among the staffs on the status of the business. Furthermore, with the availability of Pivot or OLAP Loss Analysis, questions as the following can be easily answered : which carrier and staff in each Location is involved with the biggest lost? which day is usually loss the biggest and which carrier or staffs in charge for those day